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  • Several Years Ago A Submarine Was Being Tested ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Several years ago a submarine was being tested and had to remain submerged for many hours. When it returned to the harbor, the captain was asked, "How did the terrible storm last night affect you?" The officer looked at him in surprise and exclaimed, "Storm? We didn’t even know there was one" The ...read more

  • I Was ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 9, 2008
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    I was hungry and you formed a humanities club and you discussed my hunger. Thank you. I was imprisoned and you crept off quietly to your chapel in the cellar to pray for my release. I was naked and in your mind you debated the morality of my appearance. I was sick and you knelt and ...read more

  • Suddenly Out Of The Sky Three Great Bolts Of ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 17, 2009
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    Suddenly out of the sky three great bolts of lightning flashed simultaneously. What a display of power. On March 5, 1979, what was called “the most powerful burst of energy ever recorded” occurred. It was described as follows: “The burst of gamma radiation picked up by the satellites lasted ...read more

  • I Present A Cordless Drill And Explain That It ...

    Contributed by Ronald Thorington on Jan 1, 2008
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    I present a cordless drill and explain that it represents salvation. I then start drilling a board by turning the drill by hand round and round without turning on the drill. After doing this for a couple of minutes I ask the audience if I’m doing something wrong. They all shout “turn on the drill!” ...read more

  • In A Dvd Presentation Of The Work Of A Christian ...

    Contributed by Peter Bines on Jan 22, 2008
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    In a DVD presentation of the work of a Christian Hospital in Madagascar one particularly encouraging story was that of an elderly and blind woman who walked to the hospital with her daughter. She was checked out by the eye specialist who found that, sadly, one eye was completely useless; but the ...read more

  • F. B. Meyer Was Pastor Of Christ's Church In ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Feb 9, 2008
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    “F. B. Meyer was pastor of Christ’s Church in London at the time that G. Campbell Morgan was pastor of Westminster Chapel and Charles H. Spurgeon was pastor of the Metropolitan Chapel. Both Morgan and Spurgeon often had much larger audiences than did Meyer. Troubled by envy, Meyer confessed that ...read more

  • When I Was 8 Years Old, My Mother Took My Sister ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 25, 2008
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    When I was 8 years old, my mother took my sister and I to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC. It is a fascinating place where you can spend days seeing everything. Of particular interest to me was a large whale in the mammals exhibition. It was big and took up the size of a large room. ...read more

  • Sometime When You're In An Airport, Observe The ...

    Contributed by Brien Sims on Jun 17, 2008
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    "Sometime when you're in an airport, observe the difference between passengers who hold confirmed tickets and those who are on standby. The ones with confirmed tickets read newspapers, chat with their friends or sleep. The ones on standby hang around the ticket counter, pace and smoke, smoke and ...read more

  • Christ Is

    Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Jun 27, 2009
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    **Christ is ** Alive He is our God We should worship him He should be our icon He should be the one we weep for not man We should buy his book Listen to his music Come from far and wide to worship him We need to praise God not man The way of life not death With us in spirit and truth Christ love ...read more

  • A Lighthouse ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Aug 15, 2009
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    “A Lighthouse Lesson” A friend told us that he was visiting a lighthouse lately, and he said to the keeper, “Are you not afraid to live here? It is a dreadful place to be in constantly.” “No,” replied the man, “I am not afraid; we never think of ourselves here.” “Never think of yourselves! How ...read more

  • The Called

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Oct 15, 2019
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    The Called are those who have been summoned by God. Called to salvation (Rom. 8:30) Called both Jews and Gentiles (1 Cor. 1:24) Called "with a holy calling" (2 Timothy 1:9) Called with a heavenly calling (Heb. 3:1) Called out of darkness into His marvelous light (1Pet. 2:9) Called to ...read more

  • In The Hole You Go!

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 22, 2024
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    As a minister, I conduct many baptismal services. My denomination baptizes in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. One Sunday, my family and I went to a friend’s home in the country. Our four children went outside to play with the others. After a short while, we heard only silence ...read more

  • President George Washinton's Prayer

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Aug 24, 2024
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    PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON'S PRAYER FOR THE UNITED STATES: I now make it my earnest prayer, that God would have the United States in his holy protection, that he would incline the hearts of the Citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to Government, to entertain a ...read more

  • In November, 1987, A Large Group Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 7, 2001
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    In November, 1987, a large group of anti-government rebels in Soroti, Uganda, had targeted a rural army post and airstrip for take over. A company numbering in the hundreds gathered in the dense surrounding brush for the attack. But this was to be no ordinary invasion. The task force would use ...read more

  • Garbed As A Peasant  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Mar 18, 2002
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    GARBED AS A PEASANT Soren Kierkegaard, the Danish theologian, told a story about a certain kingdom wherein there was a handsome prince, searching for a woman worthy enough to be his wife and become queen of the land. One day while running an errand for his father he passed through a poor village. ...read more

  • Sincerely Wrong  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2002
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    SINCERELY WRONG In November, 1987, a large group of anti-government rebels in Soroti, Uganda, had targeted a rural army post and airstrip for take over. A company numbering in the hundreds gathered in the dense surrounding brush for the attack. But this was to be no ordinary invasion. The task ...read more

  • Living Unaware Of Our Vast Fortune  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2002
    based on 47 ratings
     | 2,392 views

    Living Unaware of Our Vast Fortune Come with me into West Texas during the Depression. Mr. Ira Yates was like many other ranchers and farmers. He had a lot of land, and a lot of debt. Mr. Yates wasn’t able to make enough on his ranching operation to pay the principal and interest on the mortgage, ...read more

  • Leaders Are Born And Made

    Contributed by Tim White on May 7, 2011
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    LEADERS ARE BORN AND MADE J. Oswald Sanders in his classic “Spiritual Leadership” believes that leaders are both born and made. “While conversion does not normally make leaders of people who would never become such otherwise, Church history teaches that in the hour of full surrender the Holy ...read more

  • A Reggie Jackson Perspective

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2011
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    A REGGIE JACKSON PERSPECTIVE Dave Bosewell tells the story of Earl Weaver who was the manager of the Baltimore Orioles and how he handled slugger Reggie Jackson. Weaver had a rule that no one could steal a base unless the steal sign was given. This upset Jackson because he knew pitchers and ...read more

  • Works-Driven Rituals

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2011
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    WORKS-DRIVEN RITUALS Every year a great throng of people make pilgrimage to the Shrine of Guadalupe in Mexico, a site where supposedly the Virgin Mary once stood...however unlikely that is. They go there hoping to get her attention, and to get her to intervene for them with her son Jesus. They ...read more